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Thursday, February 28, 2013

A few months ago, I realized my family was out of control
with juice. When one of my children was
thirsty, juice was being poured instead of water. When the juice was gone, it was a huge meltdown
catastrophe for one particular four year-old who I was concerned about the most. It wasn't just the cost of juice that had me concerned, but my kid’s health and teeth.
And when I read about arsenic in most juices, I’d had enough.

One day we ran out of juice and that’s when I decided no more.

But my kid's were addicts, so I started out slowly. I purchased juice boxes and they could have one
a day. My four year-old Reef had a hard time. Over a few days and then weeks, he learned
the new rule and although he tried his best to obtain more juice boxes by climbing
into the pantry and sneaking it, he started to understand.

Then, I had an idea.

I started with purified water and steeping several Celestial
Seasonings blueberry tea bags and Calli mint tea by Sunriderin a large container.

Sneaking in the Calli tea was very important to me. Calli has done wonders for my health; from treating bronchial asthma to reoccurring phenomena, helping with morning sickness from pregnancies past; also weight loss and clear skin. It detoxifies like nobody's business. I can't say enough great things about Sunrider Calli tea.

Next, I mixed it a few teaspoons of Stevia; a
natural sweetener that is an herb in the Chrysanthemum family which grows wild in
parts of Paraguay and Brazil. Then, I mixed in a packet of Trader Joe’s
pomegranate cherry drink mix packets, made with dried hibiscus and black
carrots.

It had the look and rich color
of juice and it tasted great. I called
it special juice.

It’s so cute when Eden
requests her special juice and my heavy drinker Reef doesn't even know the difference.

This is Reef on hair gel.

I have it in the fridge at all times. My kids have been particularly healthy during this horrible flu season. Even the counselor is hooked because when he drinks it he knows he’s doing something good for his health.

What is My Dear Trash?

After I was sexually abused, I felt like trash. Through God's love, I was able to find my worth again. My Dear Trash is about finding value where others may not see it, in ourselves, in our world, in our unborn and in our relationships and with God.

View the book trailer for my memoir Starving Girl by clicking on the image below.